@michalmuskala Sure, I love the system. But surely something based on an easily measured constant (gravity?) would make more sense
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The initial definition was less elegant, though, but probably the best that was possible in 1800s
Just imagine if the meter was "the distance an object at rest accelerates towards the earth over one second"
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That changes depending on where on earth you are, though - faster at pole, slower at equator.
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Non-round earth affects equator to pole measurements as well. ;)
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